§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services which long-stay hospitals for the mentally 563W handicapped have fixed dates for their closure; when the remaining long-stay hospitals will have a timetable for closure; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI list those hospitals for the mentally handicapped which we know health authorities plan to close by specific dates. We expect the strategic plans regional health authorities are required to submit by the end of March 1985 to include plans for further closures as part of the process of replacing unsuitable hospital care with a range of small-scale locally based residential and other services in the community.
Essex Hall (NE Thames region); Darenth Park (SE Thames); Murray House (SW Thames); Sandy Point, Tichborne Down, Burderop and Longford (Wessex); Bradwell Grove (Oxford); Leigh Court and Starcross (South Western).